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It was about 10 years ago we were at the top of the ''le col'' piste in Val Thorens and were shooting pictures of us standing in the crevasses of the Gebroulaz glacier, rising about 2 meters above the top of the piste.
As we now have a 10 year old daughter who is able to ski there too, we went again for the first time since, to show her the beauty of the scenery.
Unfortunately we discovered that al ice at the top was no longer there. We could easily look over the top of the mountain and saw a flat glacier lying beneath. Does anybody know when this started and how fast this happended? Is this only due to global warming? Ofcourse we heard a lot about it, but never experienced it in such a sad, direct way.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I heard it was all the snowboarders walking along it that made it flat.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I am not familiar with the bit you are talking about so could be entirely wrong but it could be that the heavier than normal snow has filled in most of the crevasse making the glacier appear flat when in fact you are on top of it. Did you go early in the season last time?
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| rambotion wrote: |
| I am not familiar with the bit you are talking about so could be entirely wrong but it could be that the heavier than normal snow has filled in most of the crevasse making the glacier appear flat when in fact you are on top of it. Did you go early in the season last time? |
I wish you are right, there was a lot of snow a few weeks ago, but not 3 meters more than about 10 years ago. We always have good snow there. Did you never see the crevasses then?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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ton, not quite sure where you are describing but afai remember you can't see the Gebroulaz glacier from Le Col piste? From the top of Le Col you have to walk/skin up the Glacier de Chaviere then climb the ridge to see the Gebroulaz glacier (which drops down towards Mottaret) on the other side of the Aiguille de Peclet.
Some pics of the Gebroulaz glacier (with crevasses!) from 2007 here http://www.snowmediazone.com/the_zone/showphoto.php/photo/7406
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Excuses, I thought that it was already called Gebroulaz from the top of the Le Col. But as you say it has to be the Chaviere. Nice pictures, hope to walk/ski that sometime (with our daughter). Is it a hard run towards Mottaret?
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Thanks, we'll keep it in mind. Hopefully the glacier hasn't melted before our daughter is able to. 
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FAQ
When we did it in April 2007 conditions at the top were not bad, with some powder pitches and generally nice skiing. We should probably have taken the guide's preferred option and climbed back up on the other side of the Peclet to the glacier de peclet, but instead we opted to carry on down to Mottaret - not a good choice 
We started on some flattish but extremely nasty cement type snow which most of us found tough going and then eventually ran out of snow and had to walk, arriving in Mottaret after the lifts back to Val T had closed 
